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Gender and Decolonization in the Congo: The Legacy of Patrice Lumumba

Gender and Decolonization in the Congo: The Legacy of Patrice Lumumba

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General Gender StudiesGeneral Political ScienceSocial Movements

ISBN10: 0230615570
ISBN13: 9780230615571
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: Sep 10 2010
Pages: 247
Weight: 1.00
Height: 0.90 Width: 5.70 Depth: 8.60
Language: English
Patrice Lumumba s legacy continues to fire the imagination of politicians, activists, and artists. But women have been missing from accounts of the Congo s decolonization. What new ideals of masculinity and femininity were generated in this struggle? Were masculinist biases re-inscribed in later depictions of the martyred nationalist? Through analysis of Lumumba s writings and speeches, the life stories of women activists, and literary and cinematic works, Gender and Decolonization in the Congo: The Legacy of Patrice Lumumba challenges male-centered interpretations of Congolese nationalism and illustrates how generic conventions both reinforced and undercut gender bias in representations of Lumumba and his female contemporaries.

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